South Korea and the United States conducted large-scale amphibious landing drills, involving ships, stealth fighters and helicopters, as part of the Ssangyong exercise, which is being held for the first time since 2018, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Wednesday

Mine warfare forces from the US and Japan began an annual mine clearing exercise in waters surrounding northern Japan, the Navy said in a press release on Monday

The Russian Foreign Ministry is assisting in solving the problem of the Partizan vessel of Russian shipping company Gudzon, subject to US sanctions, as the vessel is still unable to leave South Korea, Valery Uliskin, the deputy director general for strategic development at Gudzon, told Sputnik